Category: Data Vault

In the Data Vault workflow the Link is the next object to typically be loaded after the Hub has been processed. This can be done in parallel with the standard Satellites but this will be covered in a future posting about the workflow/scheduling of Data Vault ETL. The Link ETL comes down to select the distinct pairs of business keys from the respective Staging Area table, check if they’re there and insert them if they’re...

The Staging Area and Historical Staging, both part of the conceptual Staging Layer, are not directly related to Data Vault although at least the Staging Area ETL paves to way with the definition of the Event Date/Time. The Hub however is the first true Data Vault template to be implemented in SSIS. Please note that this is true for DV1.0; for DV2.0 the Staging Area is incorporated into the design a bit more. The Hub...

The archiving process such as the Historical Staging ETL are also not conceptually part of Data Vault but can play an important factor in the complete Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). While the Staging Area directly supports the Data Vault message the Historical Staging is really optional and does not impact Data Vault processes. For the sake of completion the ETL overview for the Historical Staging is provided regardless. As with any ETL process within the...

While technically (and conceptually) not really part of Data Vault the first step of the Enterprise Data Warehouse is to properly source, or stage, the data. This is a critical step, and often one of the most difficult to get right. It also has direct impact on the core DWH / Data Vault development, or at least supports its core message and principles. This impact can be summarised by the definition that the purpose of...